How RamaLama Made Working with AI Feel Boring (in a Good Way)When I first started exploring RamaLama, I expected the usual AI workflow chaos: model downloads, runtime issues, hardware quirks, and a lot of trial and error before anything useful happened. And, toMar 31 ยท 7 min readdohoudanielfavour.hashnode.dev
Before the AI Can Answer, Something Has to be Read ๐โ๏ธWhen people talk about AI answering questions from documents, they jump straight to the exciting parts โ the language model, the vector database, the clever retrieval logic. Nobody talks about the ungMar 27 ยท 17 min readdohoudanielfavour.hashnode.dev
How I Would Onboard to Outreachy Differently If I Were Starting Today (An Outreachy Onboarding Guide)When I first stepped into Outreachy, I thought the hardest part would be finding something to contribute to. I was wrong. The real challenge, at least in the beginning, was not the code. It was the onMar 25 ยท 10 min readdohoudanielfavour.hashnode.dev
Understanding Fedora: My First Real Experience with Open Source at Scale โ๏ธHello there! I am Daniel Favour Dohou, an Outreachy applicant, in the contribution phase of the Outreachy Internship, May 2026 cohort. I am contributing to the Fedora RamaLama RAG project. And this isMar 24 ยท 7 min readdohoudanielfavour.hashnode.dev
A Yearlong Odyssey: #365DaysOfSoftwareEngineering (2025)Another year has gone by. And yes, as previously, I am writing this with a tapestry of emotions. After version 1, it has been from one experience to the next, and continuous learning. Everything you are about to read is not AI generated, and it is no...Dec 31, 2025 ยท 5 min readdohoudanielfavour.hashnode.dev